Improvement in bosom-pads



M. A. BRYSON.

Bosom-Pad.

No. 212,184. Patented Feb. 11, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MICHAEL A. BRYSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOSOM-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,184, dated February 11, 1879; application filed December 17, 1878.

use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of rei'- erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of pads for bosoms and other parts of the human figure, to give any desired shape to the same.

The invention consists in forming out of' muslin, cotton, or other suitable material a pad for bosoms or other parts of the human figure, and lilling the same with the hair of deer, mountain-sheep, elk, or antelope, by which a more natural softness and flesh-like elasticity is imparted to the pads. The pads are also a great deal healthier, lighter, more pliable, and a great deal cooler than when iilled with goose-feathers, curled hair of horses or other animals, wool, or cotton, Sac.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention apporta-ins to make and use it, I will now more definitely describe the same, refereneebein g had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the dra-Wings hereunto annexed, Figure 1 is a pad for bosoms. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection on line a: zr.

In the drawings, A represents a piece of muslin, cotton, or other suitable material, to which the piece B is secured. The piece A, I prefer to form between dies by stretching it to the desired form, but it may be made in any other Well-known manner. The pad so formed is filled or stuffed with the hair of deer, mountain-sheep, elk, or antelope, which is much lighter, healthier, cooler, more naturally soft, and of iesh-like elasticity than any other material heretofore used.

The edges of the pad may be suitably ornamented with lace, rules, 85o., as shown at C.

If it is desired to use this hair as a filling for other pads, the muslin or other material is formed to give the desired shape, and can then be readily applied thereto.

To' prevent any disagreeable odors, and also to remove any greasy or oily matters contained therein, I prefer to soak the said deer, mountain-sheep, elk, or antelope hair for not less than four hours in naphtha, or in a strong solution of alum, which also makes the hair more elastic.

I am aware that pads have been lled With curled hair of horses, Src., goose-feathers, cotton, granulated cork, Wool, or other material, and also have been made of rubber to be inflated, or springs with a suitable covering; but these are either too heavy or too hot, and therefore unhealthy, and I therefore do not claim any of these 5 but,

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A bosom or other pad for the human iigure, made of linen, cotton, or other suitable material, having a filling of the hair of deer, monntain-sheep, elk, or antelope, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own I aflix my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

MICHAEL A. BRYSON. Witnesses:

HENRY EARLE, JOHN T. ARMs. 

